| Badidae (Chameleonfishes) |
| 5.12 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic; freshwater |
| Asia: Bangladesh. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Vertebrae: 28-29. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with a dark blotch on exposed cleithrum; no dark blotch dorsolaterally on the caudal peduncle; no short black bars along the middle of the side, nor a dark blotch on the gill cover; no black blotch anteriorly on dorsal fin; vertebrae 28-29; lateral scale row 27-29 ; D XVII.9–10, exceptionally XVI.9; narrow interorbital space 4.8-5.5% SL and slender body 25.7-32.0% ; side of males with intense black narrow vertical bars; vertical bars narrow, unpaired in both sexes, distinguishing from juvenile bar pattern in Badis, which consists of pairs of narrow bars; vertebrae 28-29; lateral scales 28-29, exceptionally 27; circumpeduncular scale rows 18 (Ref. 120428). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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